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The Schools of Nursing and Pharmacy operate on both the Oxford and Jackson campuses. The Schools of Dentistry, Health Related Professionals and Medicine, and the Health Sciences Graduate School, are based in Jackson only. (Additional healthcare programs are available through the School of Applied Sciences on the Oxford campus.) Other than these exceptions, the schools above are on the Oxford campus.

Faculty Profile

KATHLEEN W WICKHAM

JOURNALISM INSTRUCTION
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF JOURNALISM
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131 FARLEY HALL
UNIVERSITY, MS 38677
(662) 915-5501
kwickham@olemiss.edu
Joined UM: 08/10/1999

Areas of Expertise

  • COMPUTER-ASSISTED REPORTING
  • JOURNALISM
  • JOURNALISM, NEWSPAPERS
  • NEWSROOM TRAINING
  • ONLINE JOURNALISM

Brief Bio

Dr. Kathleen Woodruff Wickham, Ed.D, associate professor of journalism, teaches media writing, advanced reporting, ethics and graduate research methods. Beginning in Fall 2008, she will serve as the department's graduate program coordinator. She has written three books: The role of the Clarion-Ledger in the adoption of the Mississippi Education Reform Act of 1982: Winning the Pulitzer Prize (2007) Math Tools for Journalists (2001) and Perspectives: Online Journalism (1997) and published articles in Newspaper Research Journal. Dr. Wickham previously taught at the University of Memphis. Before entering academia, she worked as a daily newspaper reporter for 10 years in New Jersey (the Newark Star-Ledger and the Atlantic City Press). In addition, she has attended professional development programs sponsored by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, the American Press Institute and the Freedom Forum and was an American Society of Newspaper Editors fellow in 1999 working at Gannett News Services, Washington, D.C. Dr. Wickham is also the adviser to the Ole Miss chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Degrees

BA
LANGUAGE
ROWAN COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY/GLASSBORO, NJ 08028 (1971)
MA
JOURNALISM
THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS/MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (1987)
EDD
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS/MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE (1999)

Committee Memberships

Grade Appeal - Journalism
Other Kind of Committee
Graduate Faculty - Journalism
Other Kind of Committee
Sabbatical Leave Review
University Standing Committee
Tenure & Promotion - Journalism
Other Kind of Committee
Undergrad Curriculum - Journalism
Other Kind of Committee